Warehouse Assistant Manager

Job Summary

The Warehouse Assistant is responsible for overseeing the 2nd shift day to day operations.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Ensuring World Class service in daily interaction with all levels of personnel within the company, customers, and suppliers.
• Ensuring all work is performed to the company's approved procedures, standards, and specifications.
• Working closely with the Warehouse Manager and team to ensure that quality and productivity requirements are maintained and communicated to each team member.
• Ensuring the team is managed and trained.
• Promoting safety and maintaining awareness of a safe work environment.
• Handling all relevant employee timekeeping record requirements, vacation scheduling, performance appraisals, and disciplinary actions.
• Keeping the immediate manager fully informed of all matters of significance and taking prompt corrective action where necessary or suggest alternatives.
• Performing all necessary management functions to effectively and efficiently manage the personnel assigned. Responsible for the interviewing, hiring, training, evaluating, performance management, and firing of warehouse personnel.
• Communicating areas of accountability and performance expected of assigned personnel
• Creating and maintaining a positive working environment to promote employee morale and productivity.
• Maintaining inventory control.
• Ensuring the pulling of orders with 100% accuracy and packaging them safely for loading onto trucks.
• Supervising the loading and unloading of trucks daily.
• Receiving and checking the accuracy of inventory received from vendors.
• Ensuring housekeeping and cleanliness of all work areas. Ensure dock areas, outside dock areas, break areas, and bathrooms are organized, clean, free of debris, and in good working condition.
• Performing all duties and responsibilities in a timely and effective manner in accordance with established company policies to achieve the overall objectives of this position.
• Performing other duties and responsibilities as required.

Benefits:

• Paid Vacation
• Paid Holidays, Sick Days, and Personal Days
• Company-Paid Employee Life Insurance
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Short Term Disability, Accident, Critical Illness, Optional Life, and AD&D Insurance
• 401k Program
• Referral Program

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position assists in supervising all warehouse employees under the management of the Warehouse Manager.

Physical and Work Environment:

• Must be able to work in a warehouse environment (inside/outside).
• Ability to work in a cold freezer below -20 degrees.
• Lifting, standing, reaching, climbing is required on an ongoing basis.
• Must be able to lift/move 50 lbs.
• Must be able to grip a minimum of 45 lbs. with each hand.

Minimum Requirements:

• High School Diploma / GED Equivalent.
• A four-year degree from an accredited college, preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a frozen and refrigerated warehouse or distribution center.
• Knowledge of shelf dates / rotations on items.
• Strong work ethic and professionalism.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills.
• Strong focus on quality and ability to master productivity.
• Excellent time management.
• Ability to effectively interact with hourly team members, management, and executive team.
• Demonstrates Can Do approach in responding to customer's request as well as other team members across organization. Acts with a sense of urgency and can meet deadlines.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including early mornings, evenings and / or weekends to meet business demands.
• Must be computer proficient.
• English and Bilingual in Spanish preferred.
• Smoke Free Environment
• Adhere to the Company Dress Code (No visible tattoos or piercings permitted while in the workplace).
• Successful completion of post offer background check, MVR, drug screen, physical and physical abilities test.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.